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Definition of Atoningly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atoningly
Literary usage of Atoningly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mettle of the Pasture by James Lane Allen (1903)
"At the sight of her Miss Anna sprang up, kissed her all over the face, was
atoningly cordial with her arms, tried in every way to say: " See, Harriet, ..."
2. Life of Heinrich Heine by William Sharp, John Parker Anderson (1888)
"Which, glad and atoningly, Beam'd down its ruddy blood, And three times blest,
thus spake they : " Praised be Jesu Christ ! " ' I should have liked, also, ..."
3. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"But the pallor and sadness for the brief moment of their resuscitation was divinely
softened and atoningly beautified. Then they disappeared again in the ..."
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